Combination chemise and bloomers



April l3o, 1929. L @ALE 1,711,198

COMBINATION GHEMISE'AND BLooMERs Filed sept. 5L 1927 2 sheets-sneu 1 Lau/5 EHLE MAO-M' April 30, 1929. 1 GALE 1,711.198

COMBINATION CHEMISE AND BLOOMERS Filed Sept. 5, 1927 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 invento/a Lau/5- EHLE y Patented Apr. 3Q, 1929.

Louis GALE, or oLnvErnlinn,A eine.

COMBINATION CHEMISE AND BLOOMERS.

Application `filed September rlhis invention relates to combination chemise and bloomcrs, and refers especially to loose underwear having the desirable qualities of beingl formed. of two elongated pieces whose upper lateral edges are attached by vertical seams to provide the chemise part, and a portion of the lower edges attached by seam to divide the lower part into the leg portions of the bloomers.

lt is characteristic oit this garment that both leg portions shall have their edges unattached at the outer sides, though 'they are arranged in overlapping relation, the result being a comfortable garment for the wearer, providing the loose blooiner witl'r more than ordinarily full leg portions, though the blooiner maybe substantially uniform in size with that of the chemise portion, lt is a special object ot in v invention to provide such garment having cuffs for the bloomer parts detachably connected by suitable fasteners in alinement with 'the unattached edges of the leg` portions, so that the opening of the cus shall be wholly at the outer lateral portions.

it is a Afurther object ot my invention to provide thecombined chemise and bloomer garment having both front and rear strips continuous Vtrein the top of the chemise as applied to a 'toi-in with the added strips attached to the les` portion and the lateral opening` shown slightly.

lilith these and other objects that will ap is the description proceedeaniy conigarinent const; et the arranoement and combinatie@ oll parts explained Vin the' :following description, recited in the appended claims, and illustrated in the accom anyingr dranf'ings, in whichigure 1 is a 'View oii the garincntshown upon the human tigure in a sitting position, and showing the cati' opened bydetaching the iti tener; f f

Figure is a side elevation ot the garment as applied to a torni with the lateral open-'Y shown slightly divided;

t3 is a similar view, but showing edgy of the leg portion shown in overped relation;

i y laA ment stown in a plane indicated by the line @L /l ot Fig. 2; y

iigure 5 is a transverse section o1 the `garment shown in Fig. 3 as taken on the line 5 5 of that view;

Figure 6 is a rear elevation of the garment li igure il is av transverse section of the gar-1 3, 1927. Serial N0. 217,338.

as indicated suspended from the upper edge thereof, and one of the cutls opened by untaste'nino' the hook, and

`Figure 7 is a front elevation of the gar.- ment modified somewhat by the attachment of an apron portion attached at its upper..

edge to the waist seam. ln the drawings, similar referencek numerals relier to similar parts throughout the several views in which the numeral 5 designates the camisole portion of my garment and 6 the bloomer portion generally. The front and rear strips have each a lower and upper portion of almost equal length, and integrally shown at 7 and 8, respectively. rlhe lateral edges of the part 5 are connected together at the seams 13. Y i

The lower edges of the portion 6 are cut out intermediate the lateral edges to form the closed portion by the seam 9. The re.-

mainder of the lower edges are u nattachedv totorm the cuffs 10. Outside the integral portions 'T and 8, the parts 5 and G are connected together by lateral and horizontal waist seams 14 and the leg portions otvtlie bloomers are divided at the outer lateralV parts by separated vertical edges 15. Before closing vthe seams 14, 15 the edges are withdrawn from alinement with the seams 13, thereby forming pleats 16 perpendicular to the seam 14.

To provide for meeting the resulting condition, that material at the lateral openii ol vthe bloom'ers, vertical strips 4t are secured laterally to the part tl bythe seams 15, the outer edges 11 ot the strips being` bound, said strips being wzideenough so that s edges l1 will overlap as ...l own iiivFig. 3. and secured at their upper ends to the part 5 at the seam ld in` over-lapping relation, but unattaehedwitli each other throughout their length, their lower ends 'forming portions of the cuffs 10. It is at this lower end ot the said strips l that the cults including the strips are detachably fastened by hooks and eyes 12, as shown clearly in Fig. 6. The very decided advantage results in a combined 'chemise and bloomer having integral front and rear y portions of substantially equal'length'with open lateral leg portions which include the condition of fuller portions and yet retains overlapping relation ot' the unattached edges at the lateral openings.

The entire garment may be suspended oit separating the edges of the may malte desirable slight changes in certain details ot manufacture. l 'have shown in Fig. 7 substantially the same Ygarment, but having attached by the waist seam 20 at the liront, a loose apron 1Q which may extend downward to any desired length. 'lhe seam 2O willA follow the seam lll laterally as 'far as the seams 13, and will otherwise be in alinenent with seams lle. T his apron attachment will be found desirable when the main parts of the garment are of especially light weight material, though the `garment may vbe used with or without the apron.

Having thus described my invention, what claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

l. A combination chemise and bloomer formed of two main strips ot material, each integral throughout their entire length, eennected together by lateral seams throughout the upper halt ol their length, and 'unattached at their outer, lateral edges throughout the bloomer portion, their lower edges through the intermediate part thereof, thus providing` cuff openings at lgarment eonilirising',

but comiected atv either side 'of the lower end -o't the garment, limited, horizontal seams AConnecting` the upper and lower portions of the garments at the upper end ot the said unattached edges or 4the bloomers, narrow strips of material of the length ot the olooiners being attached to the said unattached edges of said bloonier portions,l and 4to said horizontal seams but not to eaeh other, thus providing an open slit between overlapping edges at the outer part of each leg portion, the cuil openings and said narrow strips being detachably fastened together by hooks and eyes.

2. l-r combination chemise and blooiner a chemise suspended from the shoulders, blooiners suffipended integrally 'from the Chemise at 'liront and back portions, and at the outer, lateral portions by horizontal seams, the legs oli the Ablooiners having cuits at their ends and vertical outer slits throughout their length terminating at the cuffs, the latter provided with elastic material 'for yieldingv attachment about the leg, but termed with detachable fasteners to readily lopen either entf, and the edges et each si .id slit having additional strips'of material attached thereto to render the leg portionsfuller, the said additional strips beine' aehablyconnected together at their lower ends by the saine fastener that closes the eutls.

ln 'testimony whereof l hereunto my signature on this the 22nd dayo'July, 1927.

'LOUIS @ALE 

